Bernardine R. Leist
Born
Bernadine Risse

August 1880
Kansas City, Kansas, US
DiedOctober 26, 1926
New York City, New York, US
OccupationScreenwriter
SpouseLouis Leist (m. 1906—his death)

Bernardine R. Leist (sometimes credited as Bernadine Risse) (1880-1926) was an American screenwriter and actress active during Hollywood's silent film era; she spent time at both Biograph Studio and Edison Studio during her time in the industry.[1][2][3]

Biography

Leist was born in Kansas City, Kansas, to John Risse and Rose McCurran. After acting in local productions in her native city and working as an elocution teacher, she arrived in New York City sometime in the early 1900s.[4] Initially, she worked as an actress in theatrical productions, but she forged a career as a scenarist in the fledgling motion pictures industry.[5]

Leist married Louis Leist in 1906; he died two years later. She married her second husband, police captain John White, in 1926,. Later that year, Leist fell to her death from the roof in their apartment in the Bronx.[6]

Selected filmography

  • A String of Pearls (1912)
  • The Long Road (1911)
  • Italian Blood (1911)
  • Dan the Dandy (1911)
  • Waiter No. 5 (1910)
  • The Iconoclast (1910)

References

  1. ↑ London, Jack (1988). The Letters of Jack London: 1913–1916. Volume three. Stanford University Press. ISBN 9780804715072.
  2. ↑ Kelly, Gary (2011). The Oxford History of Popular Print Culture: Volume Six: US Popular Print Culture 1860–1920. OUP Oxford. ISBN 9780199234066.
  3. ↑ "Indianapolis Journal 20 November 1903 — Hoosier State Chronicles: Indiana's Digital Historic Newspaper Program". newspapers.library.in.gov. Retrieved 2019-08-31.
  4. ↑ "No Place Like Home". The Press. 22 Jun 1906. Archived from the original on 2021-11-21. Retrieved 2020-03-22.
  5. ↑ "These Tales of the Town". The Kansas City Gazette. 7 Jun 1902. Archived from the original on 2021-11-21. Retrieved 2020-03-22.
  6. ↑ "Fall Kills Wife of Dry Captain". The New York Daily News. 27 Oct 1926. Archived from the original on 2021-11-21. Retrieved 2020-03-22.


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